Laying chippings do I need to remove the grass first

[vallumlj]

I am going to lay chippings or pebbles on my front garden as I hate mowing the front garden.

Do I need to remove the grass and then put down a membrane or can I weed kill the grass and put down a membrane?

Thanks for any advice is there anything else I need to do? Do I need anything for the edges?

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[HERTS P&D]

You already have a concrete border but you would need to dig down and remove the grass,plant and earth to about 75mm from the top edge. Then lay a membrane, then slate chippings. Laying pea shingle will turn it into a cat toilet area.

Andy

 

[vallumlj]

Thanks andy for the reply why 75mm be a lot of digging?

 

[HERTS P&D]

So that you have enough depth to lay the membrane and chippings without going over the edge. Otherwise the chippings would travel onto the drive.

Start digging!

Andy

 

[vallumlj]

I best start now any ideas how I can get rid of the soil be a lot of trips to the tip. Would I get all that in a hippo tonne bag?

Worth putting it on free cycle or gum tree ?

 

[HERTS P&D]

Use a hippo bag, I use them all the time for rubbish removal.

Andy

 

[r896neo]

given up on the paving?

 

[vallumlj]

Yer due to cost.